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Championship Wrestling

Southeastern Championship Wrestling was born after the demise of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (see the Gulf Coast section here). SECW was already alive in Knoxville, Tennessee (see the Knoxville section here) where promoter Ron Fuller had been running since 1974. In 1977, Fuller expanded the promotion to Alabama and the Florida panhandle.

At first, the two divisions of SECW were considered and treated as separates. They had their own belts, champions and feuds, though they would exchange talent. In 1980, Fuller closed the Knoxville portion of SECW. He did as such until late 1985 when Fuller decided a name change was in order and the promotion was renamed Continental Championship Wrestling (see the CCW section here).

To start any discussion on the history of professional wrestling in Dothan, one would have to begin with a short look at the history of wrestling throughout the state of Alabama.

In the early 1970's Alabama was broke down into 3 separate regions, or territories, with different promoters and workers for each particular promotion. North Alabama consisted of Birmingham, Huntsville, Florence, and Gadsden, and was promoted by Nick Gulas with most of the same wrestlers as Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Louisville. The second area located in and around Montgomery was handled by Billy Golden, father of Jimmy Golden. I'm not that familiar with this group, but I understand Jerry Lawler worked here early in his career.

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